Al Kondo wrote:
: I live in the Houston Texas area and my house is cooled by a whole
: house ac. I have an efficient unit but I think that it would run
: even better if the condensor didn't sit directly under the hot sun in
: the middle of the day. My thought is that I would build a structure
: to give it shade. I would be interested in hearing from people who
: have done this and suggestions of websites for possible designs.

FWIW my brother lives in Phoenix and his unit sits on the roof of his
house and thats the norm out there.